Gupta (/ˈɡuːptə/; Devanagari: गुप्त) is a common surname of Indian origin.
According to some academics, the name Gupta is derived from Sanskrit goptri, meaning 'protector' or 'governor'. According to historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname Gupta was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times. In modern India, the surname Gupta is used mainly by the Vaishya Bania communities, particularly those belonging to Rauniyar, Agarwal, Mahur, Barnwal, Khandelwal, Arora, Jaiswal, Arya Vaishya, Mahajan, Mahawar, Maheshwari, Patwa, Kasuadhan, Lashkari and Mathur Vaishya sub castes.
Maharaja Sri-Gupta, founder of the Gupta Empire
Ghatotkacha (Gupta Ruler), father of Chandragupta I
Chandragupta I, first Gupta emperor
Samudragupta
Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Kumaragupta I
Skandagupta, last Gupta emperor
Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)
Budhagupta
Brahmagupta, Indian mathematician and astronomer
Neena Gupta, Indian mathematician
Devendra Prasad Gupta, Indian academician and a former vice chancellor of Ranchi University.
Akhil Gupta, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the field of social and cultural anthropology
Amar Gupta, professor and scientist
Amlan Das Gupta, Indian professor of English in Jadavpur University, Kolkata
M K Das Gupta, Indian professor and scientist
Anil Kumar Gupta, Delhi based professor and policy expert on environment, climate change and disasters
Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Indian biologist
Narmada Prasad Gupta
S. P. Gupta, Indian archaeologist and art historian
Suraj N. Gupta, Indian-American physicist
M. G. Gupta, Urdu poet and research scholar
Arvind Gupta, 13th President of the University of British Columbia
In business and management
Mahendra Mohan Gupta, owner of the Dainik Jagran group of Hindi newspapers
N. C. Sen Gupta, eleventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Raj Gupta, CEO and president of Rohm and Haas
Rajat Gupta, United Nations special advisor on management reforms, former director of Goldman Sachs and former head of McKinsey Consulting
Rajiv Gupta (technocrat), general manager of Hewlett Packard's E-speak project
S. K. Gupta, vice president of Lockheed Martin Corporation
Vinod Gupta, chairman and CEO of infoUSA
Sanjay Gupta (director), Alstom Grid
Subodh Gupta, chairman and CEO of HemtroN Lightings,www.rouniyar.com,Rouniyar Sewa Sansthan Delhi
Vikas Gupta, head of consumer payments division of Google
Pankaj Gupta, President & CEO of Amtel, Inc.
Gupta family, a well known South African family with significant business interests whose most notable members are the brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta.
Aditi Gupta, Indian television actress
Anil Gupta, British writer and producer (radio and television)
Buddhadev Das Gupta, Indian classical sarod musician and teacher
Neena Gupta, Indian film and television actress
Rajendra Gupta, actor in cinema for good character roles.
Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian film director and script writer
Puja Gupta, winner of Miss India Universe in 2007
Tanika Gupta, British playwright of Indian origin
Sanjay Gupta (director), Bollywood director
Yana Gupta, Indian model-actress of Czech origin
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, American teleneurosurgeon and CNN senior medical correspondent
Rohit Gupta, Film director, producer
Esha Gupta, Femina Miss India International title in 2007, Indian film actress
Akshat Gupta, Indian television actor
Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of Indian Express
Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian Hindi poet
Baldev Raj Gupta, Indian writer
Ishwar Chandra Gupta, Indian Bengali poet and writer
Jagadish Gupta, Bengali poet and writer
Mahendranath Gupta, Indian spiritual writer and disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature
Banarsi Das Gupta, former chief minister of Haryana
Indrajit Gupta, Indian Communist leader, Union Minister for Home Affairs during 1996-98
Ram Prakash Gupta, Indian politician; former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and governor of Madhya Pradesh
Shyama Charan Gupta, Indian politician
Badal Gupta, Indian revolutionary
Dinesh Gupta, Indian revolutionary
Ram Prakash Gupta, Indian social worker and participant in the Indian Independence movement and Bhoodan movement
Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian revolutionary and author of autobiographical, historical and fictional books in Hindi, English and Bengali
Niranjan Sen Gupta, Indian revolutionary
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Indian revolutionary, linguist, scholar, critic, poet, philosopher and mystic
Chaman Lal Gupta, Minister in Vajpayee Government (BJP)
Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Indian badminton player
Pankaj Gupta, Indian sports administrators
Sandip Gupta, Kenyan cricketer
Abhijeet Gupta, Indian chess player
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